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[sub][color=#B9BABC]Kinabalu Mission[/color]  [color=#6A5B7E]Entrance to the Mines [/color] [color=f2f411]Cameron Thael Conrad[/color][/sub]
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Thael froze, wracked by indecision. Selene’s brash attack had thrown the situation into absolute chaos. His first thought was to save Selene; her current predicament was entirely her own fault, but she was a fellow soldier, even if he didn’t care for her very much. But a darker notion wormed its way into his mind; leave her to her fate. Despite the strangers foreboding appearance, she hadn’t actually harmed any of them yet. Selene was reckless, a danger to her teammates and impossible to control; let the stranger have her, and it would be one less headache to deal with.

Subira was faster to respond than he was, darting out and plucking Selene from danger and solving Thael’s dilemma in one swift motion. It was only then that he noticed a dark tendril of shadow that had slipped past his shield and wrapped around his ankle. He sliced it away with the tip of his spear, and his darker doubts seemed to vanish. That was it then, the time for diplomacy was over.

Subira and Selene were now well clear. Thael’s glowing barrier abruptly dissipated as he hefted his spear, sighting it at the core of the stranger’s molten shadows, and let it fly with superhuman strength. A flight of luminous lances materialized from the air, all bearing down directly on the shadowy adversary blocking the mine’s entrance.